Means for packing and transporting garments, &amp;c.



E. METZGER. MEANS POR PACKING AND TRANSPORTING GARMBNTS, dao.

APYLIGATION FILED MAR.2, 1911.

994,419, Patented June 6, 1911.

i Toall w-wm it may i I loj'moreeffective, simple, economical and sat`` srkras PATENT onirica. f

EMANUEL METZGER, Qrnnw Yom; N. Y.

Be it known that I,.EMNUEL;METZGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and .State lof.A New .York'f have 4invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Packing and .Transporting Garments, &c., of which' the following is a specification.

. Thelobject'ofmy invention is to attain a ifactryfmethod of packing garments for sured, and.i 3 5 4.5.; In thel accompanying drawings, Figure 1,`

transportation, storage &c. The ordinary method'in vogue at vthe present time is to i, take a garment after it is inished b y pressing and hang it up temporarily on a rod or rack, from which itis taken "and pla'ced -with others of'its style or number. When it is picked out to iill an order it is placed on the packing or boxing table, thehanger removed, the garment folded andfpackd in a card board box, Vand the card board box packed in a wooden shipping case, involving in all eight or. more distinct handlin s and operations, and consuming consil erable time and labor. y

By the use of my improved means of packing, the garment after finishing and pressing; may. be hun f .Amark'ed-lforg the customer, involving only i; A30, j two;y operations," .f'e.; Lthe insertion `of the flffhan erand'thehanging of the fgarm'erit directnyffwitlii'isaidff case. liurthermore,I the directly in the case shape'j and Iitegityfof the garmentis in?,

condition for immediateexhibition and sale,;-the` packing. case' being'-4 adapted -for 4use as a storage case from vvv'fhichA *eachv gar'- ment may be conveniently removed orfinserted independent of` other garments inthe case. Eachgarmenthavingitsv individual hanger, the latter being inexpensive may be A. incldd'in theV final sale to the retail pur? feners s, (suspiended from the rail R, byvj.;

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is a" view of my improved garment'hanger and suspension rail, the latter being shown in cross section; Fig. 2, is a transverse sec-' tional vlew ofV a packlng box of-'my 11114 proved constructionyFig. .3, is a longitgdi; Qjnal""'sctio1i`.ofthe box, mdicatin s`y1nbolil cally themethod of packing; -Ig side elevation of my rail board ,broken away 4, is a centrally; Eig. 5., is a transverse section of the rail board, showing' the' inner' face of one4 of the socket brackets'in elevation.

Specication of Letters Patent.

fis delivered vto the customer in Means non PACKING AND 'rnANsPoRTmGeARMENrsew.

The rail board b, constitutes preferably the central panel of the top of the packing box B, and may be incorporated with the box as a part of the originalv structure, or applied to any existing packing box by substituting it in lieu of an original top panel, as may be found most expedlent in practice. SecuredV to theunder side of the rail board are brackets a, a, formed 'with sockets a', for the reception andsupport of the ends of the suspension rail R. Thissuspension rail is preferably triangular in cross section ;'z

land ,in connection with it are used a seriesv of garment hangers H, each formed with an elastic resilient hook also of triangular form, and of a size adaptedto itsnugly over the triangular rail-'R'."fl ,Each hook I1., is also preferablyl formed witha loopz/f at its top to increase its elasticity land resi i'ence; ,v and with an inturned loo '71,?, at its" hook end ,toengge the u nder side ofthe railvR,- againsty which also rests the base extension 71,3, of the shank kt, when the hook IL, is

sprung over and onto the rai1,-an ope-ra, tion easily accomplished owing to the triangular (wedge) shape of the rail which- Patented June 6,-,191-1. v Application sied March 2, 1911. seria-1 no. 611,321.

spreads the hookl until,` the inturned loop f n k2, is in position to snap under the rail and f' thereby secure the hanger H, inpo-l' sitio'n." ,As a' "matterv` of 'factf'th'tiiaigiiflan rail R, in y conjunction'f'with' .the "'utriangular, hook Yaoi themagere;prima u lf-lnE 'positlon'as relatefdto the .raillatera ywhlefallow'ing the hanger to' be slid` longit udinally. on the railJ-i-As a .holds y result, a' garment suspended, on. they vHanger i or displacement. Whenlthe numb'enfglf-'V triangular hoo inforce la'ndhold'the garments compactly 'in position. Thusthe possibility, of looseness or playbetween the garments is reduced to the minimum, and the danger'of frictional I nated.l My method of Vpacki-n garments is 'sim-'i Wear and abrasion-of .the garments climi-* QV ple and economic'aL'andl as many practical terioration'of garments'resulting from re,

quent and excessive handling as at present i' Y under the old method.` Y v trade' advantages. It lalso obviates thez-de What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In combination, a top rail board for packing cases formed with socket brackets on its under side, a suspension rail triangular in cross section mounted in and between said brackets, and a garment hanger formed with an elastic resilient hook of triangular shape adapted to fit over said triangular` rail for the purpose and substantially in the manner described.

2. In combination, a top rail board for packing cases formed with socket brackets on its under side, a suspension rail mounted in and between said` brackets, and a garment hanger formed with an elastic resilient v,hook adapted to engage said rail for the pur ose and substantially in the manner set Orth.

y EMANUEL METZGER.

Witnesses z GEO. WM. Mmm', 

